Corroboree by William Barak, Wurundjeri
It's NAIDOC week, so why don't you celebrate by learning something new about Indigenous culture? The permanent
First Peoples exhibition at the Melbourne Museum could be a good way to start. The
First Peoples exhibition is an educational, interactive, and highly enjoyable multi-sensory experience located at Bunjilaka Aboriginal Cultural Centre within the museum, where you can learn all sorts of things that you may not have known about one of the oldest cultures in the world.
Strangers from the ocean
Meander through the wondrous maze detailing stories, artworks, and artefacts of the past. You can listen to stories and songs about Creation, read about the invasion by white settlers and the challenges faced by Aboriginal people, admire possum skin cloaks over 150 years old sewn together meticulously and intricately decorated, learn language, watch Boorun's canoe being made by Gunai men, listen to music by Indigenous artists on the Memory Jukebox, or learn how to grind ochre for painting and decoration.
Boorun's canoe
Be transported through time inside the Creation Cinema and hear the story of Bunjil (the wedge-tailed eagle), Creator for many Victorian Aboriginal clans.
Bunjil the Eagle inside the Creation Cinema
There are displays of hundreds of Aboriginal artefacts, including weapons and tools, cooking utensils, baskets, and ornaments, highlighting their advanced skills and intimate relationship with land and the natural environment.
Wooden and bone artefacts
This exhibition is a celebration of the lives of the first people of this nation and a unique opportunity to hear their stories about identity, language, community, and culture, told through their voices.
Mulong nyerd (headband), djarrk koon (reed necklace), til-bur-nin (emu feather skirt)
